"Your Majesty! No way, Your Majesty!" The young Zhou officer leading the charge knelt earnestly and shouted, "Your Majesty, we do not accept this! If you're just going to favor whoever suffers more casualties, then in the future, we Zhou soldiers won't even fight! We'll just send people to die, since whichever country's people die more, that country benefits!"
The Zhou soldiers quickly voiced their agreement, pleading with Bai Qingyan to reconsider: "Do we not also have fallen comrades in Zhou? If Your Majesty divides the spoils this way, how can those soldiers who sacrificed their lives fighting be at peace?"
